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Newsday
21/06/2021 04:06 GMT : Ethiopia faces election test
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Parliamentary and regional elections take place against the backdrop of the conflict in Tigray Show more
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Newsday
21/06/2021 05:06 GMT : Ethiopians go to the polls
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But how free and fair will they be with conflict in Tigray and insecurity elsewhere Show more
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Newsday
21/06/2021 06:06 GMT : Will Ethiopia's elections truly be representative
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Around 20% of constituencies won't hold poll because of security or logistical problems Show more
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Michael Stipe says 'it feels a million miles' since he was performing with REM but he tells HARDtalk the 'music is not dying at all' and he will release more of his own songs. Show more
BBC News Summary
21/06/2021 07:30 GMT : BBC News Summary
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How can the international community help rebuild the Gaza economy without enabling the Hamas government in the process? Show more
How a protest outside New York's Stonewall Inn inspired the modern gay rights movement. Show more
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The Climate Question
Why are we failing to protect the Amazon rainforest?
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We know how important the Amazon rainforest is to the planet, so why is it proving so difficult to save this precious ecosystem? Show more
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21/06/2021 08:30 GMT : BBC News Summary
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CrowdScience
Does my equator look big in this?
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Is the Earth getting heavier or lighter? Which tips the scales: meteorites falling from space or gases escaping from our atmosphere? Show more
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The Cultural Frontline
Syria’s Top Goon: Art and the Arab Spring
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Artists share their reflections ten years after the Arab Spring. Show more
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As brilliant as the Spitfire is, it has one major flaw. The solution lies with the fastest woman in Britain: champion motorcycle racer and pioneering engineer, Beatrice Shilling. Show more
How similar are the Covid strains? Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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British Pakistani doctor Nighat Arif and US writer and marathon runner Barbara Hannah Grufferman are on a mission to demystify the menopause. Show more
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Outlook
Hunting 'The Serpent': The diplomat turned detective
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In mid-70s Bangkok, Dutchman Herman Knippenberg was tasked with finding two missing travellers. He discovered the couple were victims of serial killer Charles Sobhraj. Show more
How a protest outside New York's Stonewall Inn inspired the modern gay rights movement. Show more
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Newshour
21/06/2021 13:06 GMT: Ethiopia PM faces first election amid conflict
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Ethiopians are voting but one fifth of constituencies aren't taking part. Show more
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Michael Stipe says 'it feels a million miles' since he was performing with REM but he tells HARDtalk the 'music is not dying at all' and he will release more of his own songs. Show more
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World Business Report
First broadcast 21/06/2021 14:32 GMT : Swedish government toppled in no confidence vote
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Sweden's leader Stefan Lofven has lost a confidence vote following a rent control dispute. Show more
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Ethiopians are voting in key elections amid rising tensions and a conflict in Tigray Show more
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How a protest outside New York's Stonewall Inn inspired the modern gay rights movement. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
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Adam Hart explores our complex relationship with Earth’s greatest predators. They’re the archetypal ‘man-eater’. So how best can we manage human-lion conflicts when they occur? Show more
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Newshour
21/06/2021 20:06 GMT: Ethiopia: delayed elections take place
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Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events. Show more
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Michael Stipe says 'it feels a million miles' since he was performing with REM but he tells HARDtalk the 'music is not dying at all' and he will release more of his own songs. Show more
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BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
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The History Hour
The Confederate flag and America’s battle over race
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Taking down the Confederate Flag, one American woman’s act of defiance after a mass shooting in a black church, East Germany’s iconic Trabant car and the man behind Mindfulness. Show more
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Business Matters
US authorities open probe into SolarWinds' cyber breach
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has begun the inquiry, media reports say Show more
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Ishleen Kaur investigates allegations of abuse at a yoga organisation she once called home Show more
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Outlook
Hunting 'The Serpent': The diplomat turned detective
41 minutes
on BBC World ServiceAvailable for over a year
In mid-70s Bangkok, Dutchman Herman Knippenberg was tasked with finding two missing travellers. He discovered the couple were victims of serial killer Charles Sobhraj. Show more
How a protest outside New York's Stonewall Inn inspired the modern gay rights movement. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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